[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 12.08.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Twin Shadow / Tyrant Destroyed / Forget
• DJ Shadow / What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt. 4 / Entroducing...
• Peaking Lights -/Tiger Eyes Laid Back / 936
• BenZel & Jessie Ware / If You Love Me / Single
• Miike Snow & Vampire Weekend / The Kids Don't Stand A Chance / Mashup
• Madonna / Borderline / Butch le Butch Rework
• Nicholas Jaar / The Ego [ft. Theatre Roosevelt] / Single
• YACHT / Second Summer / Single
• Star Slinger / Mornin' (2k12 Edit) / Single
• Chromatics / Ceremony  [ft. Ida ] / New Order Cover
• Junior Boys /  Parallel Lines / Begone Dull Care

Guest DJ Set by Jacob Daneman (Pitch Perfect PR)

• Ty Segall Band / Wave Goodbye / Slaughter House
• Dope Body / Weird Mirror / Natural History
• Parquet Courts / Careers in Combat / Light Up Gold
• Bonnie Prince Billy / Hummingbird / Hummingbird
• Angel Olsen / The Sky Opened Up / Half Way Home
• Sharon Van Etten / I'm Wrong / Tramp
• Matthew E. White / Will You Love Me / Big Inner
• Beachwood Sparks / Forget The Song / The Tarnished Gold
• Bobby Womack / The Bravest Man In The Universe  / The Bravest Man In The Universe
• Mungolian Jet Set / Mungolian Jetset Presents Jaga Jazzist Vs Knights of Jumungus: Toccata / Mungodelics

THE MINIMAL BEAT 12.08.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[ALBUM REVIEW] SIC ALPS - SIC ALPS

Sic Alps have always managed to maintain a wonderful garage sound, and with their new self-titled album out now on Drag City, they only continue to get stronger. Vocals have more clarity and songs gravitate toward a junkyard Big Star style… producing a satisfying combination of 60's noise and 70's pop-rock. Strings and piano are weaved throughout the tracks adding an extra punch to intros and interludes. Opening number, "Glyphs", opens with violin- and later, mixes both violin and cello with lovely grungy noise, making me wish I had spare change to give to this talented hobo band. (Sorry, They aren't real hobos. They probably live in decent apartments and can afford to shop at Whole Foods.) Most of their songs, past and present, follow a mellow path, so when a track like "Moviehead" plays, I'm always giddy. This happy-go-lucky song has a psychedelic riff paired with a bubblegum beat that could easily fit in with any Nuggets compilation, which isn't the first song they've ever written to do so and I am not complaining. There are slower times on the album, "Lazee Son" sounds just as lazy as the title, but the length of the songs remain short and then it's back on the right track. At times I wonder if they will ever head in a new direction musically, but let's not jinx it and ruin a good thing.

By; Natalie Burris November 3, 2012

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[SUCH A SCENE] PITCHFORK FEST 2012

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TY SEGALL COVERS T.REX

San Francisco’s Ty Segall is releasing a record of T. Rex songs on Saturday April, 16^th as part of a Record Store Day release. The record will be titled Ty Rex EP and will be released as a limited clear 12”. Listen below, and pick up the Ty Rex 12″ at your local record store this Saturday.

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